The Dock is where you'll go most of the time to open the applications you use on your computer. You can drag the icon of a document on top of an icon in the dock to open the application (if it is not already open) and the document.
| Action |
Shortcut |
| Add an icon to the Dock. |
Drag an icon from a Finder window to the Dock. Put application icons to the left of (or above) the line in the Dock, and all other icons to the right of (or below) the line. |
| See the Dock shortcuts menu. |
Control + click in background of the Dock. |
| Change the size of the Dock. |
Drag the dividing line in the Dock. |
| See open windows in an application. |
Click the application's icon. |
| Switch to another application and hide all other applications. |
Command + Option + click the icon in the Dock. |
| Quit an open application. |
Press its icon and choose Quit from the pop-up menu. |
